It’s
unnerving to sit in a land that is slowly, state-by-state, beginning to
recognize the rights of same gender people to be legally wed and watch a
documentary about a country where homosexuality is actually illegal. Unnerving,
aggravating and, hopefully, inspiring. Written and directed by Katherine
Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall, the film follows David Kato's
historic fight for gay rights in Uganda and the high price he paid for being an
outspoken advocate for human and civil rights. The film is filled with a sense
of place, and pride, for the land and people of Uganda, a country best known by
people outside its borders as the land of former dictator Idi Amin. The sense
of freedom the rest of the country feels following the end of his regime only
underlines the struggle that Kato, his friends and his family fight. It’s a
great story, extremely well told, that needs to be seen and remembered.
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